Nadia (Nadejda) Russo-Bossie (17 June 1901 – 22 January 1988) was a Romanian military aviator during World War II. She was a member of the White Squadron, a team of female aviators who flew medical aircraft during World War II. Romania was the only country in the world to allow women to pilot medical missions during the War.  Read more..

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On June 17, 1901, Nadejda Russo was born in Tver (Russia), considered the first woman aviator of Bessarabia, heroine of the 2nd World War. Nadejda Russo was in particular a member of the White Squadron, a unit of the Romanian army during World War II, created in June 1940 and composed entirely of female pilots, providing first aid and medical evacuation of wounded from the Eastern front. Romania was then the only country in the world to allow women to pilot medical missions during the war. Before that, Nadejda Russo trained at the Red Cross Volunteer School in Chișinău. She was then only the 9th person in Romania to obtain a pilot's license. In 1937, she bought her own plane, a Bücker Bü 131.. Read more..